call Dan at 503 894 2161
The median(middle) housing cost turns out to be lower still. Looking just at housing after eliminating motels and retail stores, the value of the middle house is $690,000, 20% below the $850,000 assumption. Fully one half of the houses are below that level and one half above that level. Not addressed are how long homes have been owned, the purchase price and related mortgages all of which affects the situations of homeowners.
Housing costs are one measure. Incomes are a another of Manzanita’s wellbeing.
According to Experian, GfK Mediamark Research and Intelligence LLC, Vintage 2020, Dun and Bradstreet, Applied Geographic Solutions, and Alteryx, Inc. demographic studies, the following describes City of Manzanita and Oregon incomes:
Manzanita Oregon
Household Income 2022 Est.
$0 – $15000 10.9% 8.9%
$15000 – $24999 9.0% 7.6%
$25000 – $34999 11.1% 8.1%
$35000 – $49999 15.6% 11.5%
$50000 – $74999 19.1% 19.9%
$75000 – $99999 13.6% 14.7%
$100000 – $149999 13.0% 17.1%
$150000 + 7.7% 13.8%
Average $74,171 $93,737
Median(middle) $54,081 $68,830
Per capita $54,470 $37,940
This shows that our wealthy enclave has lower incomes than Oregon as a whole and that many households are operating on tight budgets.
So with the recently passed Nehalem Bay Health District Bond measure passing, this will add 37 cents per thousand dollars of home assessment for up to the next 26 years, many households do notice the cost. Thirty seven cents sounds affordable, but most homeowners will pay $2000 -$6000 toward the assessment during the next 20 years. Voters approved it. Budgets will endure the annual 3% increase in assessed value for regular property taxes and food and energy inflation of the last two years. Many people and their household budgets notice the pinch.
The points are three:
– Manzanita residents have a broad range of incomes and housing values. We are not all the same.
– City Council should not assume increased water fees, possible new street utility fees and tax levies do not matter. They do matter and they really matter for many residents.
– If we are to be paying possible cost increases for water charges, street utility fees or a new City Hall, we deserve an opportunity to vote on the increases.
Is Manzanita an enclave of the wealthy? Hardly. We are more an enclave of the pretty much like everywhere else.
In the tight economy facing us, I wonder if the City Council will reduce expenses or staffing to offset cost increases? It does not appear so. Many citizens are dealing with tight budgets by making reductions elsewhere. Is City Council doing this? Or is it simply passing along more and more expense to its citizens?
Will Stone
Manzanita
Here’s the June menu:
ICE CREAMS
Root Beer Float on vanilla cone
Burnt Chocolate on salted almond cone
Marshmallow on chocolate-dipped graham cracker cone
Honey Lemon Balm on brown butter cone
Moroccan Coffee on brown butter cone
Peanut Butter Caramel Chocolate Chip (vegan) on vegan/gluten-free chocolate cone
Strawberry Rosewater Sorbet (vegan) on vegan/gluten-free vanilla cone
SEMIFREDDO (Italian Semi-frozen dessert)
Neapolitan…layers of vanilla, strawberry and chocolate mousses
CHOWDERS
NW Clam…same as always
Thai Green Curry… vegan…same as always
Provencal Seafood Chowder…tomato-based, fennel, orange, saffron, garlic, white wine, mussels, prawns, cod, calamari, yukon gold potatoes, carrots, celery, onions topped w/pistou
Curried Carrot…vegan…coconut milk-carrot based, ginger, garlic, curry, yukon gold potatoes, green beans, celery, onions topped w/mango-orange chutney, cilantro
Served w/Wolfmoon bread
Add a salad w/organic greens from Kingfisher Farms w/sunflower seeds, sheep’s milk feta, fresh strawberry vinaigrette
HOMEMADE DRINKS
Hazelnut Cold Brew
Vietnamese Ice Coffee…(vegan-sugar-free) French Press Coffee, coconut milk, coconut sugar, almond & cardamom
Ginger Drink…fresh ginger root brewed w/cinnamon & clove w/lime juice and honey…great iced or hot
Honey Lavender Lemonade
House French Press Coffee…our own, exclusive blend by Wolfmoon sold hot or retail
North Fork CommuniTeas…brewed in-house or retail
Normal Hours:
Thursday – Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed Mon-Wed
Call ahead and we’ll have your order ready…503-368-CHOW
Located in beautiful Nehalem-by-the-River at 35915 Hwy 101 North. We are primarily a to-go situation but share a back deck and river front dining w/Riverside Fish & Chips and Pacific Roots Coffee & Donuts
Doors open at 6:00 PM for warmup/setup
6:30 PM – opening circle/dance set
8:00 PM – closing circle
$10 cash/check/Venmo/PayPal
*kids may dance for free
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“The 5Rhythms comprise a simple movement practice designed to release the dancer that lives in everybody, no matter what its shape, size, age, limitations and experience. To find your dance is to find yourself, at your most fluid and creative level. While the practice itself is the essence of simplicity, it has the power to catalyze deep healing and creative expression.”
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Dance Etiquette/Tips:
*All are welcome – Family friendly events – Come as you are
*Bring a water bottle and layers.
*Bring kindness and respect for yourself and others and your willingness to explore and to dive into the ecstasy of spirit available through movement.
*No outside shoes on the dance floor if possible (dirty floors aren’t fun to roll around on)
*Please no strong scents.
*We ask that you limit talking during the dance set. Set up, break time, and the foyer area are great places to have longer conversations to limit distractions for others.
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We dance every Thursday—moving to the beach June 22nd (sorry to have advertised beach dance too early!) Hope to dance with you soon.
The applications are available at: www.muttzanita.com/mayor-of-muttzanita or you can stop by Four Paws on the Beach in Manzanita, fill one out and return it. Email is preferred
Please return to: woof@fourpawsonthebeach.com
If you have any questions, please email woof@fourpawsonthebeach.com
Performing Arts Center for 9 shows only!
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org or at the door.
This is Julee Ward’s 5th production with Riverbend Players and her second as Executive Producer.
Julee also added assistant director duties for this production and we’re very excited to announce that she will make her directorial debut in October with ‘FRANKENSTEIN: The Radio Play’.
Julee serves as a member of the Riverbend Player’s board of directors, works full-time at Wanda’s Cafe + Bakery, and lives in Nehalem with her husband Josh, and their 4 young children.
12 ANGRY JURORS
Based on the award-winning movie 12 Angry Men starring Henry Fonda.
On a hot summer day after a lengthy trial, a jury must decide whether a 19-year-old man is guilty of murdering his father.
The jury votes 11-1 that the man is guilty of the crime, but the law requires a unanimous vote by all 12 jurors to pass judgment.
Tempers flare as the eleven jurors try to convince the 1 dissenter to come to their side.
However, as the evidence is re-examined, new uncertainties come to light, forcing everyone to honestly question whether there is some measure of “reasonable doubt”.
Directed by Frank Squillo.
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org.
We think tsunami and wildfire here.
What about war? One nuke over America from Vlad and the grid goes down.
A year’s worth of EVERYTHING you need is elemental if you expect to survive such a scenario. Clean water access, food, medicine, warm clothes, wood stove, gun for self-defense (wild animals will be killed off quickly, don’t count on hunting, and as anyone who forages for wild edibles can tell you, their ain’t enough veggies in our woods to keep you alive.), and ammo (again, self-defense).
In my view, the most likely major emergency scenario that we will face next is failure of the power grid. This will be done by the transhumanists (the new name for the Sillicon Valley tech bros that think they will merge with computers and live forever), but it will be blamed on…drum roll please…Russia.
Henry Kissinger just turned 100. Klaus Schwab is Henry’s greatest protege. The reach of his World Economic Forum is significant. The worst of the worst of the ‘covid’ fascists are members of Klaus’s (Kissinger’s) Young Global Leaders program: Jucinda Williams of New Zealand, Justin Trudeau of Canada, Jay Inslee of Washington state, Gavin Newsom of California. In fact, Klaus brags that he has infiltrated about 70% of Canada’s cabinet. No wonder Canada has gone full commie!
Klaus also ‘predicted’ ‘zee covid crisis’ one year before it happened.
Now Klaus is warning us about a ‘major zyber attack’ that ‘will knock out zee power grid’.
And you best believe him, because it will be him and his global elite pals that will be crashing the grid (mostly to take down and then bring back the internet in a way they solidifies their control over us, like the elites always do, 24/7/365).
How this benefits them is a much wider discussion.
I am only writing this post so you get prepared. I have a heart an I don’t want to watch you starve.
Because while I am prepared, I am not sharing with you.
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My kids, who are now approaching retirement, had sex education, and info regarding access to birth control and abortion when they were in the public school system in this state. This bill does not change that.
I feel that this bill is mostly about “gender care” since that is presently the most “in your face” topic in the news today. CHANGE YOUR GENDER!
In this instance your first grade daughter could be given testosterone treatments if a teacher suggested to her that she might want to be a boy, and you as a parent will know nothing about it. And if you do know – you couldn’t do anything anyway. You couldn’t stop it, because of this bill.
There is now a whole system of gender change
professionals making bucks in this field. Big Pharma included.
I am writing this because this happened to my out of state granddaughter when she was in school. Now that she is no longer in school she says she just wants to be herself – she is no longer interested in taking testosterone. But unfortunately this is not reversible. It is definitely a possibility that this could/will happen to your school age child. I am very very angry about this, thats why I am writing.
So this bill which is talked about as being about abortion is not really that. Abortion is written into the Oregon constitution and cannot be changed except by a vote put before the citizens of Oregon. Most abortions in this state are given to age 20 adults. I checked the data. None in Oregon for 15 year olds or younger.
This bill is about removing parental consent regarding their childs reproductive rights and other care needs, so that the child damagers can do what makes money for them.
The Republicans did not “walk out”, they are still in the legislature working on future legislation.
The Democrats are not going after them because of a bill that you all passed which says an absence of 10 days or more stops the legislator from running for office. And as you can see the Republicans are absent from voting, because they believe in parental rights. The Democrats do not want people who stand up for children to hold office. I am an independent and do not belong to any party. But I am totally disgusted by the greedy and immoral Democrats that run this state.
Did you know that 34 states have no laws regarding parental rights. This is because these states in their constitutions regard parental rights as FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. That means that it would take a powerful reason, powerful arguments to change this right in a state’s supreme court. Paental rights ARE fundamental rights. This particular legislation does not exist because parents in Oregon wanted it. It exists because outside lobbyists incentivized our top leaders to pass it.
ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE UP YOUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT?
Ask the Democrats in your state legislature – Why would they vote for this bill. ASK THEM!
Best,
Melinda Veil
Used for a few years. New sells for $1300
Lift seats
Hidden storage in benches
Reversible benches
Two toned wood
Dimensions
75″W x 56″D x 36″H
This new City Manager will help lead the City in sustaining its vision as a livable, economically sustainable, rural coastal community, a place where people know each other and celebrate its setting of natural beauty. Under the general direction of the City Council, the City Manager serves as the administrative officer for the City, and acts as the City’s Personnel Officer, Budget Officer, and City Recorder. The City Manager oversees an approximate annual operating budget of $2.7 million, and 3 staff.
The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, planning, or related areas; and two to five years administrative/public sector management experience, including at least two years of supervisory experience; broad knowledge of municipal government organization, powers, and functions; knowledge of the principles and practices of public administration including finance, budgeting, management, principles and practices of personnel supervision, and grant writing. OR any satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience which ensures the ability to perform the essential functions of the position.
For complete job description and application visit the city’s website at www.nehalem.gov/jobs. Applicants must submit a cover letter, resume, completed city job application, and responses to supplemental questions for consideration. Applications can be brought to City Hall, mailed to Melissa Thompson-Kiefer, City Manager, PO Box 143, Nehalem, OR 97131 or emailed to mthompson@nehalem.gov, so that it reaches the City by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
If you have one that is no longer needed. I would be happy to buy it. Please let me know.
Thank you.
FOR ONE DAY ONLY,MAY 31 all the priced art works are HALF PRICE.
The NCRD Gallery is located at 36155 Ninth St. in Nehalem. Gallery is open from 9 am till 5 pm. You may come in and take the art off the wall and pay for it by cash, check or charge.
